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When news came down that UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman had suffered an injury while training for his next title defense, the UFC began scrambling to find a replacement to stand in against Vitor Belfort on February 28. The name that UFC president Dana White came up with was one-time light heavyweight champion, Lyoto Machida, who has gone 3-1 since dropping to 185 pounds.White later said that Machida accepted the bout on less than a month’s notice, but that Belfort declined the offer. So read news >>

In the immediate aftermath of UFC 183 this past weekend (Sat., Jan. 31, 2015), much of the discussion surrounding Anderson Silva was in regards to whether or not the former UFC middleweight champion would return to the Octagon once more, or retire with his victory over Nick Diaz. With Silva explaining that his family wants him to call it quits, "The Spider's" longtime manager Ed Soares went on the MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani, and suggested that fight fans have not seen the last of the mixed mart read news >>

The lingering memory of UFC 183 won’t likely be of Anderson Silva slowly picking apart Nick Diaz for five rounds in his comeback fight, but of Diaz’s antics in the Octagon. In the first round, Diaz came forward talking trash to the Silva and pantomiming for him to come engage. Silva, who has been known to use similar antics in his day (see UFC 162), coolly let Diaz go through his histrionics without joining in. At one point, Diaz stuck his rump out for Silva to behold. At another, he laid down i read news >>

Even if Anderson Silva left things a little up in the air regarding his future after Saturday nights victory over Nick Diaz, his longtime friend and manager Ed Soares doesn’t think we’ve seen the last of the consensus greatest of all time. Soares appeared on Monday's edition of The MMA Hour, and said that not only does he believe the 39-year old Silva will fight again, but that he’ll fight again at some point in 2015."Yeah, I do," he told Ariel Helwani. "Right now they’re already starting to fil read news >>

Anderson Silva’s manager, Ed Soares, discusses his client’s scheduled return to MMA next January against Nick Diaz. Longtime manager Ed Soares is convinced that his client Anderson Silva is perfectly primed for his scheduled match-up against Nick Diaz next year at UFC 183. In fact, Soares reckons that this is the bout that makes the most sense for both competitors. Considering they are both coming off 2 consecutive losses in their last two fights, it is reasonable way to get the winner back into read news >>

Resurrection Fighting Alliance (RFA) president Ed Soares announced on Tuesday that the promotion will be bringing an explosive new top-tier flyweight world title fight to New Mexico in September. read news >>

On Monday, Ed Soares, manager for the fighter many consider the greatest mixed martial artist of all-time, Anderson Silva, said that the injured fighter is on track to return in early 2015, and that a fight with Nick Diaz is something that would capture his attention. Wednesday, the sport's reclusive rebel returned the favor. According to Diaz, a fight with the former UFC middleweight champion is just the sort of thing that could get him to end his extended break from the sport. MMAFighting.com' read news >>